Sarah Briscoe, PE hired at Garver

Sarah Briscoe, PE, joins engineering firm Garver as Houston Structural Practice Leader. With twenty years of structural engineering and design experience, Briscoe has worked on projects in and around Houston and across the country, leading structural design and documents preparation for buildings in different sectors, including a $16 million Instructional Arts Facility at Lone Star College in Houston and a 30,000 square feet City Hall building for the City of Mont Belvieu, Texas.

Elaine Hammett promoted to Vice President of Operations and General Manager at Best Facility Services

Elaine Hammett has been appointed Vice President of Operations and General Manager for Best Facility Services, a leading provider of facility management solutions across the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Hammett assumes operations responsibilities from founder and CEO Mark Borge, who has led the company’s success since 2004. Borge will continue as a local owner and advisor to the company. Best Facility Services is powered by The Facilities Group, a national leader in facilities management solutions.

Houston BOMA is Proud to Present Our 2023 Members of the Year and TOBY Winners

Thank you to everyone who joined Houston BOMA for an exciting Annual Awards Extravaganza at the fabulous Post Oak Hotel on Friday, December 1! It was our largest awards luncheon ever, with 600 attendees, more awards, and new scholarships. We gave Annual Awards of Excellence to nine deserving members, recognized two outstanding buildings with a TOBY Award, and awarded 15 students with scholarships on behalf of the Houston BOMA Foundation. Plus, our generous members and guests donated toys to the Houston Fire Department’s Operation Stocking Stuffer for the 12th year of our toy drive partnership. Thank you again to all of our participants and sponsors for making this year’s event possible. Please join us in congratulating our 2023 members of the year! Click here to view more.

Arden Logistics Parks selects Stream Realty Partners for North Park 34 leasing assignment in Houston

Philadelphia-based Arden Logistics Parks (ALP), Arden Group’s national logistics real estate operating platform, has awarded Stream Realty Partners a new leasing assignment for a 34-building business park located in Houston.

Stream, a national commercial real estate firm offering an integrated platform of services, will now oversee leasing activities for the recently rebranded North Park 34, an 865,000-square-foot industrial business park located on the northwest corner of the Beltway 8 and Hardy Toll Road intersection. Stream Houston Senior Vice President Boone Smith, Senior Associate Abraham Richardson, and Associate Meg Zschappel will serve as leasing agents. Analyst Jax Rawlinson will provide leasing support.

North Park 34 provides expedited access to Interstate 45, Interstate 69, and George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The business park offers an abundance of space layouts and configurations, with made-ready suites available for immediate occupancy. Suites at North Park 34 range in size from 1,500 square feet to 40,000 square feet. Grade level, semi-dock and dock-high loading configurations are available. The business park features on-site property management and is equipped with ample surface parking.

ALP acquired the asset in November 2021 and immediately began implementing institutional-quality capital upgrades to the building exteriors and tenant suites. Such improvements include a more traditional office/warehouse configuration, exterior painting of all 34 buildings, interior/exterior lighting package upgrades to energy-efficient LED fixtures, installation of drought tolerate landscaping to reduce water consumption, and full interior renovations to 21 vacant suites. The market response to these value-add improvements has resulted in the execution of 92 leases totaling 436,000 square feet in less than 24 months.

STRIVE arranges sale in Katy

STRIVE, a commercial real estate investment sales firm based in Dallas, recently announced the sale of Uncle Julio’s in Katy. The 10,299-square-foot restaurant was built in 2015.

Located on Katy Fwy, the restaurant is visible to over 216,600 vehicles per day with a surrounding average household income of $110,516. Surrounding national retailers include Sam’s Club, Best Buy, BJ’s Restaurant & Brew House, Olive Garden, The Home Depot, Ross, Conn’s, Target, Kohl’s, Petsmart, and many more.

Jackson Brewer and Jake Dutson of STRIVE exclusively represented the seller and sourced the buyer, both Houston area investors. Additional terms of the sale were not disclosed.